Friday, December 23, 2016

The
temple is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon and classified as
a divyadesam, the 108 Vishnu temples that are revered in the
Vaishnava canon. Pancharanga Kshetrams (Also called Pancharangams, meaning the
"five Rangams or Ranganathas") is a group of five sacred Hindu
temples, dedicated to Ranganatha, a reclining form of the god Vishnu, on the banks of the Kaveri
River.

The five
Pancharanga Kshetrams in the order of their successive locations, on the banks
of the Kaveri River are: The Srirangapatnam called the Adi Ranga, the first temple on the
banks of the Kaveri River from the upstream side; the Srirangam (island in Tiruchirappalli) in Tamilnadu known as Adya Ranga (the last temple),
Appalarangam or Koviladi at Tiurppernagar in Tamil Nadu, Parimala Ranganatha
Perumal Temple, Mayiladuthurai and Vatarangam at Sirkazhi. The Sarangapani temple at Kumbakonam is mentioned in place of Vatarangam in some
references.